§ 40.1-22-1 Short title
§ 40.1-22-2
§ 40.1-22-3 Definitions
§ 40.1-22-4 General powers and duties of the director
§ 40.1-22-5 Construction with other laws
§ 40.1-22-6 Admission as a resident in a facility
§ 40.1-22-7 Voluntary admissions and discharges
§ 40.1-22-8
§ 40.1-22-9 Admission upon application of director, relative, or guardian
§ 40.1-22-10 Discharges – Judicial review
§ 40.1-22-11
§ 40.1-22-12 Forwarding of client’s letters
§ 40.1-22-13 Visits
§ 40.1-22-14 Retention of client for more than six (6) months
§ 40.1-22-15 Hearings
§ 40.1-22-16 Discharge
§ 40.1-22-17 Refusal to discharge
§ 40.1-22-18
§ 40.1-22-19 Aliens and nonresidents
§ 40.1-22-20 Exclusiveness of this chapter
§ 40.1-22-21 State support of poor or indigent clients
§ 40.1-22-22 Guardians ad litem
§ 40.1-22-23 Emergency medical or surgical care
§ 40.1-22-24
§ 40.1-22-25 Conspiracy to commit person improperly
§ 40.1-22-26 Deprivation of rights
§ 40.1-22-27 Disciplinary action against employee
§ 40.1-22-28 Severability
§ 40.1-22-29 Applicability to acts done, rights accrued, or orders prior to enactment of chapter
§ 40.1-22-39

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Client: means any developmentally disabled adult who is in potential need of, or is receiving, services aimed at alleviating his or her condition of functional dependence. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-22-3
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-22-3
  • Director: means the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals or his or her designees. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-22-3
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Facility: means any public or private facility, inpatient rehabilitation center, hospital, institution, or other domiciliary facility, the office of developmental disabilities or any part thereof, equipped to habilitate, on a residential basis, persons who are developmentally disabled and in need of residential care. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-22-3
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Notice: means written notice in as simple and non-technical language as practicable as required by the department, or the court of competent jurisdiction. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-22-3
  • Parent: means the natural, adoptive, foster parent or caretaker of the child. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-22-3
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Team: means an interdisciplinary team which includes such professional personnel designated by the director and which shall consist of no less than three (3) persons selected by order of the director, no less than one of whom shall be a licensed physician, no less than one of whom shall be a member of the social work profession, and no less than one of whom shall be a qualified intellectual disability professional (QIDP). See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-22-3
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8